Topic: Cafe Racer the Motorcyle - new book Carpy on cover - looks a good read

[Superbiker_uk]

http://www.amazon.com/Cafe-Racers-Featherbeds-Clip-ons-Rear-sets/dp/0979689198/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1225531606&sr=1-1

Looks like a good read or one to add to the Christmas list

[heffay]

 12 new from $20.37,  1 used from $51.76     


looks cool... although, at some point it might be nice to see a different picture of carpy!   

[Really?]

Same thing came to mind when I saw that pic.

[CaféElite]

Wonder if my library will get it

carpy... Everytime I see this guy I get the feeling he is just trying to hard. His gear and bikes are always just to busy for me. Granted I have not met him and its very possible he is very cool. +1 for getting on the cover of a book though, thats gotta be a killer feeling.

[bunghole]

Mike Seate...

Doesn't he write for Cycle World?  I remember an article he did a few month back on Ace Cafe.

I worry a bit that Cafes will become the next chopper and there will be a reality show on Discovery with carpy screaming at someone about a theme bike.  Then parts will get even more expensive than they already are and every yuppie with a few extra bucks will be driving a cafe.

I'm cranky.

[Shenanigans]

 ...at someone about a theme bike... 

A bike that says "CAFE RACER" on it in multiple places IS a themed bike....

Just sayin'

[heffay]

well, when you've got a box and a half of cafe stickers that you made up... what else are you gonna do wit em?   

I worry a bit that Cafes will become the next chopper and there will be a reality show on Discovery with carpy screaming at someone about a theme bike.  Then parts will get even more expensive than they already are and every yuppie with a few extra bucks will be driving a cafe.

I'm cranky.

sickening thought.

[CaféElite]

hopefully scooters will shadow the cafe theme so they will not become the next choppers..

[fuzzybutt]

Mike Seate...

Doesn't he write for Cycle World?  I remember an article he did a few month back on Ace Cafe.

I worry a bit that Cafes will become the next chopper and there will be a reality show on Discovery with carpy screaming at someone about a theme bike.  Then parts will get even more expensive than they already are and every yuppie with a few extra bucks will be driving a cafe.

I'm cranky.

+1

parts since i got my first honda (in early 2005) have, in some cases, as much as quadrupled at least
i hate to say it but it looks like these motorcycles are going to go the way vintage brit bikes went in the late 90's to now, i've seen basket case bonnevilles go for 2-3000 dollars.

[pdxPope]

hopefully scooters will shadow the cafe theme so they will not become the next choppers..

Fcuk it. I'm going to skip ahead of the trend and start doing Chopper Scooters!!

Ever seen a Vespa with a 4" stretch and Flanders Mini-Apes??

I'll be the next one on TV, ya bastards! Then everyone can kiss my shiny white hiney when I'm doing a badass theme scooter for Marlboro! HA HA HA!
     

-JP

[SteveD CB500F]

£13.97 with free delivery over here.

Might be in my Xmas stocking.

I don't know how often Carpy visits this site, but it would be interesting to know whether he has any more input to the book than just the photo on the cover.

It must be hell riding over those orange bumps all the time!

[SteveD CB500F]

Just checked:

Last active August 15th 2007, so not very often then...

[bunghole]

hopefully scooters will shadow the cafe theme so they will not become the next choppers..

Fcuk it. I'm going to skip ahead of the trend and start doing Chopper Scooters!!

Ever seen a Vespa with a 4" stretch and Flanders Mini-Apes??

I'll be the next one on TV, ya bastards! Then everyone can kiss my shiny white hiney when I'm doing a badass theme scooter for Marlboro! HA HA HA!
     

-JP

You'll have to get tattoos:

"Live to Scoot"
The "Vespa" logo across your back
etc

[pdxPope]

Oh yeah, it's a whole lifestyle.

Me and my douchebag biker posse, the 125cc mafia, buzzing into some little town. Raked out springer front end with about 300 mirrors on it. No leg shields, 'cause we're dangerous like that...

Don't mess with me, man. I've got tats and a skull & crossbones 'Hello Kitty' do-rag. I hang out with people who don't wash their hands after going to the bathroom. We run with scissors. We don't wait an hour to go swimming after a BIG lunch.
We're all whacked-out on crosstops and fortified milk. Lock up your back door and run for your life. The MAN is back in town, so don't you mess around.

We're the next BIG THING and we're coming to a reality-show near you!
 

-JP

[CaféElite]

Sad thing is....................................................................... I would so ride this 

[DammitDan]

I'd ride a mods scooter any day of the week! 

[Caaveman82]

Wonder if my library will get it

carpy... Everytime I see this guy I get the feeling he is just trying to hard. His gear and bikes are always just to busy for me. Granted I have not met him and its very possible he is very cool. +1 for getting on the cover of a book though, thats gotta be a killer feeling.

Hey if your into it why not go all the way?

[bunghole]

I very much like the design of his bikes.  I could do without any stickers that say "Cafe Racer", or "Ace Cafe".  In fact, I bought the seat I'm going to use from him.  Some of the color schemes are a little much, but the shape and "feel" of his bikes are really nice.  I'm not ashamed to say I've "borrowed" quite a few ideas from his bikes.

[CaféElite]

Hey if your into it why not go all the way?

Three letters........ OCC. Its one thing to borrow ideas from the past or enjoy the ideas that group\time expressed but to mimic to a "T" (IE: out dated patches, era clothing) just for the look makes no sense to me. To me its just being stale.. out of date.. failing to improve.. I dont know just not very imaginative to me

[dusterdude]

whether you like carpy or not,or his bikes or not.he is one of the nicest guys you will ever have dealings with.

[Superbiker_uk]

whether you like carpy or not,or his bikes or not.he is one of the nicest guys you will ever have dealings with.

I agree with that. I have exchanged numerous emails with Steve. I purchased my gauge faces from him also and when they turned up he had sent me a CD with loads of his cafe build mpegs. I later purchased a Ton Up Cafe Tshirt from him and when that turned up it was packed with a couple of US bike mags. I returned the favour with some UK mags but he wasn't expecting that. Anyway, from my dealings - Steve has been a great guy.

[BARDAR]

What happens when you mate a 750 with a scooter = Vespa 750!!!!

[Caaveman82]

Hey if your into it why not go all the way?

Three letters........ OCC. Its one thing to borrow ideas from the past or enjoy the ideas that group\time expressed but to mimic to a "T" (IE: out dated patches, era clothing) just for the look makes no sense to me. To me its just being stale.. out of date.. failing to improve.. I dont know just not very imaginative to me

To each there own man. Live and let live. If that's the path he chooses, cool good for him. It's no different than restoring an old car to stock. Or like every fat kid you see with greasy hair that has a dragon on their shirt, it's been done before but it doesn't stop them from continuing.